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Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan greets the crowd during the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Crown Jewel pay-per-view at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh on November 2, 2018.
Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan greets the crowd during the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Crown Jewel pay-per-view at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh on November 2, 2018.
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Pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan dead at 71

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Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath's bat-biting frontman, dies aged 76

Osbourne kicked off his career in the early 1970s as singer on Black Sabbath's hits, from "Paranoid" to "War Pigs" to "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath". Those plus a string of solo releases saw him sell more than 100 million records worldwide.

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US tech CEO in viral Coldplay concert video resigns

During a Coldplay concert in Foxborough, Massachusetts on Wednesday, the jumbotron zoomed in on a man and a woman embracing in the stands.

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Prince William admits virus fears for Charles, queen

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Prince Harry and wife Meghan cut ties with four British tabloids: Media

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have cut ties with some of Britain's biggest tabloids and said they will adopt a policy of "zero engagement" with them, British media reported on Monday.

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Qatar musicians give balcony gig to banish virus blues

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Vanessa Bryant pays touching tribute to Kobe on wedding anniversary

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Helsinki violinist delivers food by bike as city fights coronavirus

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In lockdown Britain, 'Mancunian Motivator' brings fun and fitness to neighbors

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America's love affair with an elderly epidemiologist

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Queen Elizabeth cancels birthday plans as coronavirus hits Britain

Britain's Queen Elizabeth will not celebrate her 94th birthday in any special way and has asked that there be no gun salutes to mark the occasion because it would not be appropriate while the country battles a deadly coronavirus outbreak.

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Famous faces are stepping up to help the world's most vulnerable people during the coronavirus pandemic, ranging from donating cash to more quirky offers of support.

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Anne Frank's diary in 2020: Vlogging from the annex hideout

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Britain's Princess Beatrice cancels wedding amid coronavirus: Media reports

Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter Princess Beatrice and her fiance Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi have canceled their royal wedding due to the lockdown in the United Kingdom amid the coronavirus pandemic, media reports said on Thursday.

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Prince Harry and Meghan hand out meals in Los Angeles

Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan handed out meals to sick people in Los Angeles, in their first known public activity since moving to California at the start of the state's coronavirus lockdown.

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Italian boy travels a mile for internet signal to study under tree

Twelve-year-old Giulio Giovanni's studying place has a view many people would envy - the unspoiled countryside of rolling hills, vineyards and olive groves under a Tuscan sun.

5 years ago
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"They are brave": Briton, 99, raises millions for health workers

A 99-year-old war veteran has raised more than 2 million pounds ($2.5 million) for British health workers by attempting to walk the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday later this month.

5 years ago
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Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Fallon join commencement podcast for sheltering graduates

Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Fallon, John Legend and Eli Manning are among more than two dozen personalities who will offer words of wisdom via podcast to high school and college graduates sheltering at home due to the coronavirus outbreak.

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Dance moves from 'Tik Tok Doc' bring welcome relief from virus blues

A US doctor's dance videos posted on social media have proven just the right medicine for hundreds of thousands of people, who are cheering him on for lifting their spirits during the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago
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Britain at its best in a crisis, says Prince William

"I think Britain is at its best when faced with a crisis." 

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Anne Frank's diary more relevant than ever, 75 years on

Seventy-five years ago this year, after their hiding place was discovered, Anne Frank died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany, aged 15. But the diary that her father published after World War II won a worldwide audience as a reminder of the horrors of the Holocaust, and remains more relevant than ever.

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Father of modern Iraqi architecture dies of COVID-19

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Assange fathered two kids with lawyer in Ecuador embassy: Report

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fathered two children with one of his lawyers while holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London for much of the past decade, a report on Sunday said.

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Glenn Fredly, loved by many for his R&B hits and political activism, dies at 44

With R&B vibes and sultry vocals, Glenn has been a mainstay on national airwaves for more than 25 years.

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Award-winning R&B singer-songwriter Glenn Fredly dies at 44

He is survived by his wife Mutia Ayu and a baby daughter born in February. 

5 years ago
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Twitter's Jack Dorsey pledges $1 bn for COVID-19 relief effort

Twitter co-founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey said Tuesday he was committing $1 billion of his personal fortune to coronavirus relief through his philanthropic fund.

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Italian tenor Bocelli to sing on Easter from empty Milan Cathedral

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will sing on Easter Sunday in a presentation from Milan Cathedral to be streamed online, the city's mayor said on Tuesday.

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Body of missing Kennedy family member found

The body of John F. Kennedy's grand-niece who disappeared during a canoe trip with her young son was recovered Monday, US media reported. 

5 years ago
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Prince Harry and Meghan plan new Archewell charitable organization

Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, who have recently moved to the Los Angeles area after stepping down from royal duties, said on Monday they were looking to set up a new charitable organization called Archewell.

5 years ago
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Two missing members of Kennedy family now presumed dead

A grand-niece of the late president, Maeve Kennedy McKean, 40, and her eight-year-old son Gideon disappeared Thursday while canoeing in the South River in Maryland, near the vast Chesapeake Bay.

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